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1. Cron Expression confusion in the Spring Framework stackoverflow.com

My scheduler's application context defines this trgger:

<bean id="myTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.CronTriggerBean">
   <property name="jobDetail" ref="myJob"/>
   <property name="cronExpression" value="0 0 ? ? ? ?"/>
</bean>
Does it fire every day at 00:00? Or ...

2. Writing a cron Expression in springs stackoverflow.com

I am using springs task scheduler(ConcurrentTaskScheduler) to schedule my tasks. I am using the API

public ScheduledFuture schedule(Runnable task,Trigger trigger)
to execute my tasks.The trigger I am using is the CronTrigger.

I am initializing ...

3. Cron not working with minutes stackoverflow.com

(Update: apparently there are no seconds in cron jobs. However, my question now becomes: what explains the cron behaving this way? Thank you)